There are many Visual Arts courses to choose from!
**All students are required to start with Beginning Art**
Once you take beginning art, there are 2 tracks you can follow.
You can also mix and match from those two tracks!
General Arts Classes
Intermediate Art
Accomplised Art (Honors Credit)
Advanced Art (Honors Credit)
AP Studio Art: Drawing / AP Studio Art: 2D Design
Sculpture / Pottery Classes
Intermediate Pottery/Sculpture
Accomplished Pottery/Sculpture (Honors Credit)
Advanced Pottery/Sculpture (Honors Credit)
Beginning Art
Skills we focus on:
Basic Drawing skills
Drawing the face using using correct proportions
Shading with graphite pencils
1 and 2 point perspective
Using a grid to create more accurate drawings
Color theory
Exploring a variety of media
Analyzing artwork
Intermediate, Accomplished and Advanced Art
Skills we focus on:
Media Exploration (pen/ink, ink wash, charcoal, acrylic paint, printmaking, clay, watercolor, oil paint and more!)
Study of Contemporary Artists
Art Historical Connections
Concept Exploration in sketchbook and photography
"Your Choice" project
Sculpture / Pottery Intermediate, Accomplished and Advanced
Skills we focus on:
Media Exploration with a variety of 3D materials (wire, paper mache, found objects, fabric, etc.)
Clay/Pottery: Sculptural and Functional Ceramics, Handbuilding, and Wheelthrowing
Art Historical Connections
Concept Exploration in sketchbook
AP Art: 2D Design and Drawing
Skills we focus on:
Sustained Investigation of a Topic
Study of Contemporary Artists
Concept Exploration in sketchbook and photography